 حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَی بْنِ الْمُتَوَکِّلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِیمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِیسَی عَنْ یُونُسَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِی أَیُّوبَ الْحَرَّانِیِّ عَنْ أَبِی حَمْزَهَ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِی جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ قَالَ أَمِیرُ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ ع جُمِعَ الْخَیْرُ کُلُّهُ فِی ثَلَاثِ خِصَالٍ النَّظَرِ وَ السُّکُوتِ وَ الْکَلَامِ- وَ کُلُّ نَظَرٍ لَیْسَ فِیهِ اعْتِبَارٌ فَهُوَ سَهْوٌ وَ کُلُّ سُکُوتٍ لَیْسَ فِیهِ فِکْرٌ فَهُوَ غَفْلَهٌ وَ کُلُّ کَلَامٍ لَیْسَ فِیهِ ذِکْرٌ فَهُوَ لَغْوٌ طُوبَی لِمَنْ کَانَ نَظَرُهُ عِبْرَهً وَ سُکُوتُهُ فکر [فِکْرَهً] وَ کَلَامُهُ ذکر [ذِکْراً] وَ بَکَی عَلَی خَطِیئَتِهِ وَ أَمِنَ النَّاسُ شَرَّهُ.

1.  Imam  Muhammad  Baqir  (a.s.)  narrates  that  Amirul Momineen  (a.s.)  said,  “All  the  good  deeds  are  hidden  in three  qualities  –  seeing,  silence  and  speech.  One  who’s seeing is not a lesson is useless. One who is not a fountain of silence and deep thought is ignorant. One whose speech is  not  the  remembrance  of  Allah  is  worthless.  A  person whose seeing is a lesson, silence is thought, conversation is remembrance  of  Allah,  who  cries  over  his  sins  and  from whom  people  remain  safe,  is  indeed  fortunate  (there  is Tooba for him).”

Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl

Chapter #392